The United States’ oil and gas boom has transformed hundreds of communities across the country—from rural areas and small towns to suburbs and cities— into industrial production zones.
To help communities fight for their health, Global Community Monitor released a new report to document air pollution and health impacts:
http://www.gcmonitor.org/warning-sign
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Air quality questioned at oil and gas sites
Guest on October 30, 2014 at 4:01 am - 0 Comments
A paper published today in Environmental Health has raised concerns about air quality in areas surrounding oil and gas operations, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites. Caroline Cox, an author on the paper, is Research Director for the Center for Environmental Health, a US nonprofit working to end health threats from toxic chemicals in air, water, food, and the products we use every day. Here she tells us more about what their new study has found:
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/10/30/air-quality-questioned-at-oil-and-gas-sites/
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Air near fracking sites carries cancer risk:
http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Air-near-fracking-sites-carries-cancer-risk-5858256.php
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Latest from a Doctor in Texas on the Health Impacts from Gas Drilling: A Medical Perspective on Oil and Gas Development:
http://mansfieldgaswellawareness.weebly.com/inside-mansfield.html
To help communities fight for their health, Global Community Monitor released a new report to document air pollution and health impacts:
http://www.gcmonitor.org/warning-sign
__________________________________________________________
Air quality questioned at oil and gas sites
Guest on October 30, 2014 at 4:01 am - 0 Comments
A paper published today in Environmental Health has raised concerns about air quality in areas surrounding oil and gas operations, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites. Caroline Cox, an author on the paper, is Research Director for the Center for Environmental Health, a US nonprofit working to end health threats from toxic chemicals in air, water, food, and the products we use every day. Here she tells us more about what their new study has found:
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/10/30/air-quality-questioned-at-oil-and-gas-sites/
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Air near fracking sites carries cancer risk:
http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Air-near-fracking-sites-carries-cancer-risk-5858256.php
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Latest from a Doctor in Texas on the Health Impacts from Gas Drilling: A Medical Perspective on Oil and Gas Development:
http://mansfieldgaswellawareness.weebly.com/inside-mansfield.html